Knock Hill

Nearest town:
Aberchirder (9km E)
OS reference:
NJ537551
OS sheet:
29
Latitude:
57° 35' 1.11 N
Longitude:
2° 46' 27.89 W
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Image of Knock Hill (Sacred Hill) by drewbhoy

Looking north towards the fort at Durn Hill, 25/12/2018.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 28, 2018
Image of Knock Hill (Sacred Hill) by drewbhoy

By this time the wind had moved down just very severe. Looking south west.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 2, 2012
Image of Knock Hill (Sacred Hill) by drewbhoy

Looking north west towards Buckie and the Moray Forth.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 2, 2012
Image of Knock Hill (Sacred Hill) by drewbhoy

From the western side climbing up from Knockenbog.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 2, 2012
Image of Knock Hill (Sacred Hill) by thelonious

Summit of Knock Hill. Lovely circle built recently by someone. don’t remember it last time I was there.

thelonious
thelonious Oct 9, 2011
Image of Knock Hill (Sacred Hill) by drewbhoy

From Netherdale, all roads around Turriff are blocked so I walked.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 18, 2010
Image of Knock Hill (Sacred Hill) by drewbhoy

Taken from the Monks Cairn. Ancient meets modern meets ancient.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jun 29, 2010
Image of Knock Hill (Sacred Hill) by drewbhoy

From Retenach Hill, Oakenknowes is on the smaller hill to the left.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy May 25, 2010

Articles

Knock Hill

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 2, 2012

Climbed up from the west side parking at Knockenbog. From there I used the path then climbed the fence and went straight up. For 3/4s of the way it was fairly long tough heather and jabby things but after jumping a ditch the heather becomes fairly short making it much easier to reach the top. At the bottom it was calm. At the top a major gale blew with occasional hail for good company. Still the trig provided cover for a wee sit down and a chance to admire the scenery before clouds and darkness moved in.

The small circle, same as Theolonius, wasn’t there the last time I was here but it looks very pretty with it’s little outlier. A couple of cairns are at the top, one a climbers cairn and the other a memorial to a youngster from Aberchirder who died tragically young.

Visited 2/1/2012.

Knock Hill

davidtic
davidtic Apr 29, 2003

6 miles SE of Portsoy and rising to 1412 feet, Knock Hill plays a major part in the landscape of this area of NE Scotland. It is an extict volcano visible for miles around, and can be seen from many sites.
It provides a Northern focal point in the megalithic landscape like Benachie and the other sacred hills further South.

Sites within 20km of Knock Hill

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